Taken at the Flood : A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

A few weeks after marrying an attractive widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz. Overnight, the former Mrs. Underhay finds herself in sole possession of the Cloade family fortune. Shortly afterward, Hercule Poirot receives a visit from the dead mans sister-in-law who claims she has been warned by spirits that Mrs. Underhays first husband is still alive. Poirot has his suspicions when he is asked to find a missing person guided only by the spirit world. Yet what mystifies Poirot most is the womans true motive for approaching him. Combinrd ESI : 27 of 41 Calc Series A (group): Hercule Poirot Mystery Number of Words in Auth: 2 Formats : EPUB ABook : E_Only Number of Authors : 1 Calc Force Series : .Hercule Poirot Mystery Title First Parm : Taken at the Flood EBook : Have Calc ESI Part 3 : 41 Calc ESI Part 2 : of Calc ESI Part 1 : 27 Custom Series : SIPY.Hercule Poirot Mystery.Cmd.27 of 44._.ICBF Enter Series Index : 27 of 41 Record Notes : Perm IE IC 09 01 14 Calc Series Group : Hercule Poirot Mystery Series Genre : Hercule Poirot Mystery Test Text Series Index: 27 Raw Title : Taken at the Flood Number Of Formats : 1 Title Length : 18 Title Parm A : Taken at the Flood Record ID : 1904 Enter New Series (Calced): Serified_E.Hercule Poirot Mystery.Cmd.27 of 41._.ICBF ES Name : Hercule Poirot Mystery Calc Genre : Hercule Poirot Mystery Calc New Series : Hercule Poirot Mystery.... Calc ESN Part 2 : of Calc ESN Part 3 : 41 Calc ESN Part 1 : 27 Series Parm B : 27 Series Parm A : Hercule Poirot Mystery Test Search : Taken at the Flood / Agatha Christie Title Parms B to H : - - - - - - Title Pre Pound : Taken at the Flood ES Suffix : _ Title After First Parm: Taken at the Flood Uncomma Author : Agatha Christie ES Genre : Cmd Compare Author : eq ES Group : Serified_E Test Compare Series to Entered: eq ES Cover Quality : ICBF Quick Search : Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot Mystery Has Cover : Yes All Identifiers : amazon:0062073842, ff:c/agatha-christie/taken-at-flood, goodreads:16308, google:ZEX-XD31D_UC, isbn:9780563530404 Single Author : Agatha Christie Sorted Author by LN, FN: Christie, Agatha Num of Aut : 1 Title Pre Parend : Taken at the Flood Title Pre Colon : Taken at the Flood Author Parm A : Agatha Christie Number of Author Names: 2 Calc ESI Combined : 27 of 190 In Agatha Christie's classic puzzler Taken at the Flood, the indefatigable Hercule Poiroit investigates the troubling case of a twice-widowed woman.A few weeks after marrying an attractive widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz. Overnight, the former Mrs. Underhay finds herself in sole possession of the Cloade family fortune.Shortly afterward, Hercule Poirot receives a visit from the dead man's sister-in-law who claims she has been warned by “spirits” that Mrs. Underhay's first husband is still alive. Poirot has his suspicions when he is asked to find a missing person guided only by the spirit world. Yet what mystifies Poirot most is the woman's true motive for approaching him....

A few weeks after marrying an attractive widow,Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast inthe London blitz. Overnight, the former Mrs. Underhayfinds herself in sole possession of the Cloadefamily fortune.

Shortly afterward, Hercule Poirot receives a visitfrom the dead man’s sister-in-law who claims she hasbeen warned by 'spirits' that Mrs. Underhay’s firsthusband is still alive. Poirot has his suspicions whenhe is asked to find a missing person guided only bythe spirit world. Yet what mystifies Poirot most isthe woman’s true motive for approaching him.…

The novel was published in 1948 as Taken at the Road in England, and as There Is a Tide in America.

A few weeks after marrying an attractive young widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz. Overnight, the former Mrs. Underhay finds herself in sole possession of the Cloade family fortune. Shortly afterwards, Hercule Poirot receives a visit from the dead man's sister-in-law who claims she has been warned by 'spirits' that Mrs. Underhay's first husband is still alive. Poirot has his suspicions when he is asked to find a missing person guided only by the spirit world. Yet what mystifies Poirot most is the woman's true motive for approaching him... When Gordon Cloade is killed in the London blitz a few weeks after getting married, his new bride is suddenly in sole possession of the family fortune. Other family members, though, have suspicions about his demise, especially when "spirits" claim the widow's first husband is still alive When a young bride becomes a widow--and inherits a fortune--two weeks after her wedding, Hercule Poirot visits the sleepy village and tries to determine if the event is related to the brutal death of a mysterious stranger This is London in the 1940'. Hercules Poirot, cornered by the club bore, learns of a mysterious death